The Ancestors

The Ancestors

Thursday, August 12, 2010

Eliza and the people in her life - A Chart

Before I continue with the story of Eliza's husband, Dock Allen and the rest of her children, I thought that a chart might make the story more understandable. 

Eliza is in the largest photo towards the center of the chart.  Her mother is Annie Williams.  Both were slaves of Edmund and Jane Harrison of Lowndes and Montgomery Alabama.  Later, I hypothesize, Eliza went with the Harrison's daughter, Martha when she was married to Milton Saffold.  Milton and Martha (she and her children are in the violet boxes) had three sons and then Martha died.  Eliza had a daughter, Mary with Milton.  Later Milton married Georgia Whitting (She and her sons are in the green boxes).  Oral history says that Eliza and Mary were freed soon after this.  Eliza later married Dock Allen, a free man and a carpenter.  They had 8 chiuldren that survived to adulthood (blue boxes).  Around 1874 Milton Saffold had a relationship with Clara Bolten (peach boxes) and they had two children together.  Clara had a third daughter with an Irwin.  Milton Saffold went to California and died there in 1879.

5 comments:

  1. Terrific chart, Kristin! Visual aids always help me make sense of things. Awesome that you have so many photos of Eliza's family.

    BTW, what did you use to create your chart?

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  2. I used Microsoft word to make the chart. I used the drawing toolbar to make the lines and add the colors around the photographs. I inserted the photographs after resizing them in Photoshop. To add it to my blog I printed it and then scanned it to a jpeg and voila, here it is.

    I didn't start out with photographs of everybody but as I found more cousins (and cousins of cousins), I found more photographs. Different branches saved different photos. And had additional stories.

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  3. Kristin,

    Great chart! Thanks for telling us how you created it. I enjoy reading your family stories. It's great to see you have taken to blogging so well.

    Sandra

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  4. Thanks Sandra! I'm glad I started. It's really making me organize my material. And recheck it.

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  5. I'm impressed with your chart. What a good idea for showing relationships, especially for clients and relatives who just don't understand written genealogy reports or pedigree charts.

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